Site details

Astypalaia: Vayi Bay: Kastro

PK	C7108
TITLE	Astypalaia: Vayi Bay: Kastro
WGS84	36.588259° N, 26.403089° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.588259, 26.403089
LON/LAT	26.403089, 36.588259

DMS

36° 35' 17.7324" N

26° 24' 11.1204" E

W3W	happens, unheroic, studies
UTM	35 S, 446603.93, 4049363.98
EGSA87	714835, 4051598

Elevation m	46
Elevation feet	150.9
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Astypalaia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 165    'Most of the prehistoric sherds and obsidian fragments ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 365    'EB I sherds were scattered over an area c. 150 m. N-S by 100 m., and ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 165    'Most of the prehistoric sherds and obsidian fragments here described were foud in the upper part of the site, ... '
4.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 365    'Near the small chapel at the top, within the ruins of the fort, a disturbed small cist grave of a type resembling KS was observed. '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 365,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  ' ... over an area c. 150 m. N-S by 100 m., ... '

- Simpson and Lazenby [1973]  p. 165,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'A rough estimate of the total area within which prehistoric objects were found is 150 m. north-south by 100 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 365, 'EB I sherds were scattered ... '
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 165, ' ..., much resembling the 'E.B. I' of Kastro tou Ayiou Ioannou.'

NOTE

1. Some of the sherds are catalogued in Simpson and Lazenby [1973] 165 ff.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., 'Kastro Vayi', pg. 164. Online here.

2. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'Kastro Vayi', pg. 365. Online here.